D. J. Santos, merchant, said at the resumed hearing on Tuesday that he had been acquainted with defendant and Mih Kuan-lee while working at the offices of the Asia Trading Corporation. He was present. when complainant had deposited 000 at the Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank. Lopes also was with them. He had the power of drawing on that sum, Cross-examined, witness said he could not remember the day on which the money was deposited. Witness was not a partner at the time this money was deposited. At one time he was admitted as a partner, but had not wished to be one.
Mr. Davies said he would produce" the partnership agreement which showed that Lopes had not the sole right to sign cheques, The agreement read:— moneys received by 1 ners oF All securities for moneys and other thet of them. avail be "immediately the credit of the partner in the Uank of the company. All cheques and compradore orders drawn the name of the frm and signed by Lopez Shall be counter-signed in, the memo of one of the other partners.
Witness—That was a provision of the agreement which has never been carried out so far as' the cheques were concerned.
In the course of further cross examination witness identified a book. He agreed that a clip had been torn out of it, It.was the slip of paper om which thp $3,000 had been' vetorded: The compr caring for the tramway fitter who charged with intimidation. First ly Mr. Lemiere had to for his belated excuse was accepted, and the Poor Box will be $10 richer when has deposited his compulsory ce. tribution, The other offender was Mr. R. BS. Chen—or rather his interpre: ex, who was accused by Mr. Maitland of deliberately reading that counsel's legal papers whilst he was out of Court, Mr, Maitland characterized the action as unprofessional and out As sesser, ordered that Mr. Chen and his interpreter should attend Court and furnish an explanation, RESOLVING to make an example of the Chinese who threw stones fat an anti-strike speaker in Hong-Kong recently, Mr. R.A. D. Fore rest, the Magistrate, inflicted a fine of $400, with the' alternative of five months' hard labour, JouN Smith, an oiler on the str. Eldridge, was' yesterday sentenced by Judge M. D. Purdy at the U.S. Court to 30'days' imprisonment in the local gaol, for threatening the ship's steward with a gun 'Teingtao on August 13. Mr. FI. Schuh, special assistant U.S District Attorney, prosecuted, and Mr. W. Chalaire defended, Evidence was that prisoner borrowed a gun from an engineer, whilst ashore and that he later' threatened the steward with it, being too drunk to know what he was doing, AN effort is being made to revive the Hongkong branch of the China Association, which, since the second. year of the Great War, owing to circumstances which have largely been unavoidable, has been practi-ally suspended.' It is felt that the present critical conditions in connexion with China affair urgently call for a revival of the branch. From experience, the Colony has again recently learned the value of telegraphing the parent satiety in London on urgent Chita questions since it is, always in close touch with the Foreign Office. By the courtesy of Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Ca, a meeting will be held in their Board Room on Thursday next to discuss the revival of this branch.
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